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Similar with other dialects of Tujia Language, so far there is not a clear number of speakersof Mijisa. However, it is believed to be less than 3,000.

Usage By CountryMijisa is only used in China

Background Mijisa is a kind of dialect of Tujia Language（土家语in Chinese), which is an endangered language in southern China.Most of the native speakers of Mijisa lives in Baojing, a small county in Hunan Province. A linguist called Qingxia Dai （戴庆厦in Chinese）and his student Jing Tian （田静in Chinese）have ever gone to Xianren, a village in Baojing County, to study Mijisa. As a result, they published a monograph focusing on Mijisa in 2005.